Depends what you mean really. Where are you seeing the file name? If it is
when you click on 'File' that you see the filename in your MRU (Most
rceently Used) list, then you can't delete it singly, but it will eventually
disappear as you open other files and it moves down the list until it falls
off.

If however you are saying that you still see the file when you do File /
open and then browse to a directory, then i would surmise that you haven't
really deleted it, so go into windows explorer and see if you can see it in
there.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"einahpets" wrote in message
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My question is...I deleted a word file but it still shows up when i click
open file although i cannot get into that file. i just want to remove the
file name since the file itself has been deleted..please tell me what to
do.

"NANMAC" wrote:

I deleted an excel file I had typed. Now I can't figure out how to
delete
the file name. It still shows up when you click on open to see the
files.
You can still open this but there is nothing there. Need to delete FILE
NAME